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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Neil Pooran

Mother jailed for life for ‘violent and brutal’ murder of newborn daughter

  • Nicole Blain has been given a life sentence for the "violent and brutal" murder of her 19-day-old daughter, Thea Wilson.
  • She was jailed for at least 19 years at the High Court in Glasgow following the infant's death on 14 July 2023 in Greenock, Inverclyde.
  • Lord Scott, who imposed the sentence, dismissed Blain's "absurd" claims that another child was responsible for Thea's death.
  • Blain was found guilty last month, having been charged with murder by repeatedly shaking her daughter and inflicting blunt force trauma.
  • Police received a report of a baby having taken unwell at a property in Greenock. Thea later died at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.

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